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Measured by the numbers engaged the Battle of Quebec was but a heavy skirmish measured by the results it was one of the great battles of the world Francis Parkman When the British defeated the French at Quebec in 1759 they not only guaranteed Britain s acquisition of Canada but also unwittingly paved the way for the American Revolution But this is a larger story than just the single day of battle on September 13 1759 The final action was the culmination of a summer long campaign involving a series of engagements between the British Army American Rangers and the Royal Navy on one side and the French regulars the Canadian militia and Indian allies on the other As the weeks passed and the British became increasingly frustrated the campaign degenerated into total war in which civilians and combatants suffered alike The two commanders Wolfe and Montcalm could hardly have been different in background and personality Yet they shared an intense professionalism dedication to duty and ironically a similar fate In this carefully researched novel Terry Mort reconstructs the action of the campaign that climaxed in the dramatic events on the Plains of Abraham The Fox and the Hedgehog A Novel of Wolfe and Montcalm at Quebec